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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?
(a) Mrs. Phillips.
(b) Mrs. Brewer.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Meitner.

2. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) October 21, 1939.
(b) June 19, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) September 18, 1942.

3. What was the real name of the man that interviewed Dorothy McKibben for a job in Santa Fe in March of 1943?
(a) Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) Bob Wilson.

4. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?
(a) February 21, 1945.
(b) September 1, 1945.
(c) December 18, 1944.
(d) April 12, 1945.

5. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

2. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?

3. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?

4. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?

5. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?

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